2002–03 Süper Lig

Süper Lig
	The 2002–03 Süper Lig champions' trophy.
Season	2002–03
Champions	Beşiktaş; 12th title
Relegated	Altay; Göztepe; Kocaelispor
Champions League	Beşiktaş; Galatasaray
UEFA Cup	Trabzonspor; Gençlerbirliği; Gaziantepspor; Malatyaspor
Matches played	306
Goals scored	853 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Okan Yılmaz; (24 goals)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002-03 Süper Lig was the 45th edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. The season celebrated the centenary of Beşiktaş J.K., who became eventual champions. Moreover, Malatyaspor qualified for the first time in a European cup competition after a 2–0 away win at Turkish Cup winners Trabzonspor combined with Fenerbahçe's draw at İzmir with relegated Göztepe, 1–1, despite being ahead in the first half. They are the first team from Eastern Anatolia to play in UEFA competitions.

Locations

Location of teams in Süper Lig 2002–03

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Beşiktaş (C)	34	26	7	1	63	21	+42	85	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Galatasaray	34	24	5	5	61	27	+34	77	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Gençlerbirliği	34	19	9	6	76	40	+36	66	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Gaziantepspor	34	16	9	9	61	41	+20	57
5	Malatyaspor	34	14	10	10	56	45	+11	52
6	Fenerbahçe	34	13	12	9	55	42	+13	51^[a]
7	Trabzonspor	34	13	12	9	44	33	+11	51^[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round^[b]
8	MKE Ankaragücü	34	15	4	15	44	42	+2	49
9	İstanbulspor	34	12	7	15	42	48	−6	43
10	Denizlispor	34	10	10	14	37	42	−5	40^[c]
11	Adanaspor	34	10	10	14	44	54	−10	40^[c]
12	Samsunspor	34	10	9	15	42	59	−17	39
13	Elazığspor	34	10	7	17	40	59	−19	37
14	Diyarbakırspor	34	9	9	16	34	47	−13	36^[d]
15	Bursaspor	34	9	9	16	42	62	−20	36^[d]
16	Altay (R)	34	9	8	17	48	69	−21	35	Relegation to Turkish Second League Category A
17	Göztepe A.Ş. (R)	34	5	11	18	32	57	−25	26
18	Kocaelispor (R)	34	6	4	24	32	66	−34	22

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Fenerbahçe were ahead of Trabzonspor on head-to-head record: Fenerbahçe–Trabzonspor 3–2, Trabzonspor–Fenerbahçe 0–0.
^ Trabzonspor have won the 2002–03 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.
^ ^a ^b Denizlispor were ahead of Adanaspor on head-to-head goal difference: Denizlispor–Adanaspor 2–0, Adanaspor–Denizlispor 2–1.
^ ^a ^b Diyarbakırspor were ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head goal difference: Bursaspor–Diyarbakırspor 4–1, Diyarbakırspor–Bursaspor 4–0.

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	ALT	BJK	BUR	DEN	DYB	ELA	FNB	GAL	GAZ	GEN	GÖZ	İST	KOC	MAL	AGÜ	SAM	TRA
Adanaspor		5–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	2–7	1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1
Altay	0–4		0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	5–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	3–3	4–2	4–3	5–0	0–2	2–3	2–2	1–4
Beşiktaş	3–0	2–0		1–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	7–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
Bursaspor	3–0	2–1	2–2		2–0	4–1	1–1	2–1	0–4	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2
Denizlispor	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–2		2–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1
Diyarbakırspor	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–0		1–2	3–0	1–3	0–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0
Elazığspor	4–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1		3–3	0–0	1–3	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0
Fenerbahçe	1–1	0–1	0–1	7–1	3–2	0–0	4–2		6–0	2–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–2
Galatasaray	2–2	5–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–0		2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	4–1	2–1
Gaziantepspor	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	3–3	1–2		2–0	3–1	4–3	2–1	3–0	4–2	4–2	0–0
Gençlerbirliği	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–1	4–1	5–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1
Göztepe	1–4	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0		1–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2
İstanbulspor	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	1–3	3–1		2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2
Kocaelispor	1–2	3–0	0–5	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–3	0–1		2–3	3–0	1–2	2–2
Malatyaspor	1–0	6–0	1–2	4–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	5–4	4–1	1–2	2–1		3–1	2–1	2–2
MKE Ankaragücü	1–1	3–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–0	1–2	5–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1		3–2	2–0
Samsunspor	0–2	2–4	3–4	1–0	0–0	3–1	4–3	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–7	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–3
Trabzonspor	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	3–0	0–1

Source: TFF, Mackolik
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Okan Yılmaz	Bursaspor	24
2	Necati Ateş	Adanaspor	19
3	Augustine Ahinful	Ankaragücü	16
3	Ümit Karan	Galatasaray	16
5	Paulo Sérgio Rosa	Gaziantepspor	14
5	Fatih Tekke	Trabzonspor / Gaziantepspor	14
7	Ahmed Hassan	Gençlerbirliği	13
	Cenk Işler	Istanbulspor
	Serkan Aykut	Samsunspor
10	Fazlı Ulusoy	Malatyaspor	12

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References

Turkish-Soccer.com by Erdinç Sivritepe

^ Goal records Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

[table_hth_FEN0.83841665128172-1] Fenerbahçe were ahead of Trabzonspor on head-to-head record: Fenerbahçe–Trabzonspor 3–2, Trabzonspor–Fenerbahçe 0–0.

[table_note_res_TRA0.83841665128172-2] Trabzonspor have won the 2002–03 Turkish Cup competition and thus are qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

[table_hth_DEN0.83841665128172-3] Denizlispor were ahead of Adanaspor on head-to-head goal difference: Denizlispor–Adanaspor 2–0, Adanaspor–Denizlispor 2–1.

[table_hth_BUR0.83841665128172-4] Diyarbakırspor were ahead of Bursaspor on head-to-head goal difference: Bursaspor–Diyarbakırspor 4–1, Diyarbakırspor–Bursaspor 4–0.

[5] Goal records Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

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